Mystery and Manners Dispatch Archives
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...
...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. It's been three years since Tarantino released a movie. I needed a break from revising stories, and decided to delve into his last read more...
James Franco's Film Adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy Book Child of God
James Franco’s Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God This morning I watched James Franco’s film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s third novel Child of God. Since read more...
Ace Atkins' Latest Book The Redeemers
The Redeemers By Ace Atkins I just finished The Redeemers, a fine book by Mississippi writer Ace Atkins.... Born June 28, 1970, in Troy, Alabama, Ace Atkins played football at Auburn University, and even graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1993 read more...
Jimmy Herring & Warren Haynes Join Phil Lesh at Terrapin Crossroads
The Quintet Regroups In April Phil Lesh's band--The Quintet--will play together for the first time in over a decade on April 26-29 at Terrapin Crossroads.
RIP Earl Scruggs & Jerry "Boogie" McCain & Harry Crews
RIP Earl Scruggs, Harry Crews & Jerry "Boogie" McCain Legendary banjo picker Earl Scruggs died yesterday in Nashville at 88. In 1948, Scruggs formed a band with guitarist Lester Flatt called The Foggy Mountain Boys.
2012 Hannah's Buddies Charity Ball
2012 Hannah's Buddies Charity Ball On March 30 and 31st, Widespread Panic's
A Note On Georgia Native Danny Whitten
A Note On Georgia Native Danny Whitten "Cowgirl In the Sand" filtered through the speakers today, and I thought of Columbus, Georgia, native Danny Whitten. Whitten served as the lead guitarist for the group Crazy Horse. Whitten later collaborated read more...
Reflections, Progressions & Horizons
"Will all your money buy you forgiveness? Will it keep you from sickness? Will it keep you from cold? Will all your money Keep you from madness?
William Gay RIP
William Gay RIP Writer William Gay died on February 23 at 70. Gay published his first novel when he was 55. His novels read more...
Athens/Atlanta Band The District Attorneys Debut New Single "Confusion of Trust"
The kind folks at This Is American Music have allowed Swampland to debut the new single from The District Attorneys, a Georgia band with members in both Athens and Atlanta. The song "Confusion of read more...
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists
A Modern Legacy of America's Finest Archivists A treasure trove of old, obscure American music exists out there. Bits and pieces of lost American culture preserved between the grooves waits for any listener's ear. This
Amy LaVere Discusses Bob Dylan
Amy LaVere Discusses Bob Dylan In March, Amy LaVere will open for Black Crowe
Colonel Bruce Hampton on Widespread Panic: In The Beginning
Colonel Bruce Hampton on Widespread Panic: In The Beginning This week I interviewed Mr. Colonel Bruce Hampton. We discussed everything from his Atlanta roots, music, football, literature, read more...
Knock On Wood: Dave Schools On Widespread Panic's Upcoming Wood Tour (Rehearsals)
Dave Schools On Widespread Panic's Upcoming Wood Tour A few days ago, Dave Schools spoke to this writer about
Cormac McCarthy Sells First Film Script Titled The Counselor
Cormac McCarthy Sells First Script Writer Cormac McCarthy recently sold his first film script. McCarthy's books such as All The Pretty Horses, No Country read more...
Sam Rivers RIP
Jazz Musician Sam Rivers Passes Away At 88 Oklahoma-born jazz musician Sam Rivers passed away on December 26, 2011, in Orlando, Florida at 88.
Widespread Panic's Dave Schools Discusses Mickey Hart's Sounds of Space
Dave Schools Discusses Sounds of Space This evening I conducted an interview with Widespread Panic bassist
Rich Robinson & Amy LaVere Hit The Road Together In March
Rich Robinson & Amy LaVere Hit The Road Together In March In March, Amy LaVere will tour with
The 2012 Drive By Truckers Homecoming Shows
The 2012 Drive By Truckers Homecoming Shows On January 12, 13 and 14, the Drive By Truckers will perform homecoming shows at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. read more...
Ike Stubblefield in 2012: New Orleans This Week
Ike Stubblefield In 2012 Ike Stubblefield knows his way around a keyboard. He commands respect in the music business. Ike has played keyboards for The Four Tops, read more...
Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers
Charlie Louvin Autobiography: Satan Is Real The late Charlie Louvin's new autobiography--Satan Is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers--is now available. This
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films: Baytown Disco & Jayne Mansfield's Car
Upcoming Billy Bob Thornton Films Billy Bob Thornton spent a few months in Atlanta, Cedartown, Rome and LaGrange, Georgia, last year filming Jayne read more...
Happy Holidays From Swampland 2011
Happy Holidays From Swampland "Never be impatient with the ones who love you, It might be yourself that you're hurting."
Bloodkin's Exile On Lumpkin Street: Soul Survivors
Bloodkin's Exile On Lumpkin Street: Soul Survivors By James Calemine Bloodkin's Friday night show at the venerable
Ry Cooder's Los Angeles Stories
Ry Cooder's Los Angeles Stories Ry Cooder made music with The Rolling Stones,
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood: December Tour Dates & New Album In January 2012
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood December Dates & Beyond The Chris Robinson Brotherhood formed around the fall of 2010. Within the year, the read more...
Jagger/Richards Pay Tribute To Howlin Wolf Guitarist Hubert Sumlin
Jagger/Richards Pay Tribute To Hubert Sumlin Howlin' Wolf's guitarist Hubert Sumlin died on December 4, 2011, at 80.
No Chicago Blues For Jerry Lee Lewis
No Chicago Blues For Jerry Lee Lewis On Saturday, Jerry Lee Lewis played his first show in Chicago since 1998. Dave Hoekstra wrote a nice review in the
Funkadelic & Beyond At Black Gold Records
Funkadelic & Beyond At Black Gold Records A Brooklyn record store called Black Gold Records contains a small museum of musical relics such as North Carolina-native
Jonathan Wilson Plays Musical Guide In Laurel Canyon
Jonathan Wilson's Laurel Canyon Playlist Here's a nice article about North Carolina read more...
A Georgia Son Shining In The Big Apple: Upcoming Interview with Actor Brit Whittle
A Georgia Son Shining In The Big Apple: Upcoming Interview with Actor Brit Whittle Georgia native Brit Whittle is making a name for himself in New York City. In November, Whittle appeared in an episode of Law & Order: SVU. Whittle read more...
Widespread Panic's Upcoming Wood Tour
Widespread Panic's Wood Tour Last month Widespread Panic announced dates for early 2012. This official statement reveals the group's intention for next read more...
Happy Thanksgiving! The Last Waltz (Revisited)...
Thanksgiving Day & The Last Waltz Revisited On Thanksgiving Day in 1976, The Band performed their last show at the Winterland Ballroom in read more...
James Calemine & Marc Andress: Solar Flare Blues 2012
SOLAR FLARE BLUES 2012 Last Thursday I recorded a spoken word piece with Honey Blue guitar/pedal steel player Marc Andress. Check out
Robert Johnson: Stones In My Passway
Robert Johnson: The Devil Is In The Details The New York Times published an interesting article yesterday. The read more...
Lera Lynn Headlines Jacksonville's Natural Life Music Festival
Lera Lynn Headlines Natural Life Music Festival November 20 Athens, Georgia, musician Lera Lynn will headline the Natural Life Music Festival in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 20. The festival began as an event to support the Children's Home Society ten read more...
MAD Magazine's Rare Reunion In Savannah
MAD Magazine's Rare Reunion In Savannah Last weekend the Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD) along with the National Cartoonists Society hosted a tribute to read more...
Athens Musicians R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Bloodkin & More Join Forces with Disabled Veterans
The Wounded Warriors Charity Compilation Athens musicians such as R.E.M., Widespread Panic,
Tom Petty Sides with Indie Radio & Beyond...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Play Gig For Indie DJ I found this L.A Times Tom Petty article regarding events that read more...
Satan Is Real: The Louvin Brothers
Satan Is Real: The Louvin Brothers Night falls early these days. For some reason I dropped the classic Louvin Brothers album Satan Is Real into the player this evening. Originally released in 1959, Satan Is Real contains some of the most read more...
A Birthday Tribute To Sam Shepard
A Birthday Tribute To Sam Shepard Today is the 68th birthday of Sam Shepard. A Swampland Honorary Southern Artist, Shepard has written over 40 read more...
The Nerve Balm of Athens, Georgia's Terrapin Brewery
Terrapin Brewery On The Rise The Athens, Georgia, brewery Terrapin Beer Company was founded in 2002. Owners Brian Buckowski and John Cochran decided to name read more...
Indie Memphis Film Fest Opens Thursday
Indie Memphis Film Festival Nov. 3-6 The four-day 14th annual Memphis Film Festival begins Thursday. The festival includes close to 50 screenings of narrative and documentary features, short-film programs, panels and music.
Levon Helm's Upcoming Midnight Rambles...
Levon Helm's Upcoming Rambles Levon Helm announced upcoming Midnight Rambles that begin this weekend and will continue until the week before Christmas. For this round of Rambles,
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later
Duane Allman: 40 Years Later 40 years ago today Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 24 in Macon, Georgia. One of the greatest slide players to ever touch a guitar, Allman played with Aretha Franklin,
Widespread Panic's John Bell Sings National Anthem Before Packers Vs. Vikings Game Today
John Bell Sings National Anthem Before Packers-Vikings Game Widespread Panic's
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas
Some Girls Live In Texas A never-before-seen Rolling Stones concert, filmed live in Ft. Worth, titled The Rolling Stones: Live In Texas, will be shown at this week's "Thinking Outside the Box Office" in New Orleans.
Tritium Detected In Water At Hatch Nuclear Plant In Georgia
Tritium Detected At Hatch Nuclear Plant This story makes Janisse Ray's book Drifting Into Darien even more read more...
A Stroll Through Savannah
A Stroll Through Savannah Widespread Panic put on a mighty fine show last night at the Johnny Mercer Theatre. I look forward to tonight's show as well. It's 70 read more...
Chuck Leavell's Mother Nature Network
Chuck Leavell's Mother Nature Network Rolling Stone keyboardist and tree farmer Chuck Leavell started the
2011 John Coltrane Birthday Tribute
Swampland Salutes John Coltrane Today is the birthday of jazz legend John Coltrane. Born in Hamlet, North Carolina on September 23, 1926, Coltrane soon moved to Philadelphia, and eventually to New read more...
R.E.M. Calling It Quits
R.E.M. Breaks Up A quick news reel...Today the Athens, Georgia, band R.E.M. called it quits. Here's a report from The Washington Post:
Neil Young Memoir Due Out Fall 2012
Neil Young Memoir Due Out Fall 2012 In light of Neil Young's appearance last week at The Toronto Film Festival for Jonathan Demme's new film, Neil Young read more...
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel On 45RPM 1957-1982
This May Be My Last Time Singing Tompkins Square's latest release is an amazing 3-CD set titled This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel On 45RPM 1957-1982. Tompkins Square released this official statement regarding this rare read more...
2011 Gram Parsons Guitar Pull September 23-25
2011 Gram Parsons Guitar Pull On September 23-25, the 2011 Gram Parsons Guitar Pull will take place at the Okefenokee Fairgrounds in Waycross, Georgia. The
The Upcoming 10th Annual John Jarrard Foundation Concert On September 23-24
10th Annual John Jarrard Concert On September 23-24, the 10th Annual John Jarrard Foundation concert will take place. Kennesaw State Music Director
An Interview From The Road: Grayson Capps Talks About A Love Song For Bobby Long
An Excerpt From Interview with Grayson Capps I just got off the phone with Alabama singer/songwriter/guitarist Grayson Capps. He was calling from the road. He's preparing read more...
Tom Waits Records with Hank Williams III
Tom Waits Records with Hank Williams III Tom Waits contributed guest vocals on a new Hank Williams III album titled read more...
Jonathan Demme Films Neil Young Journeys
Jonathan Demme's Neil Young Journeys Last night Neil Young attended the world premiere of Jonathan Demme's new movie. Jonathan Demme's third Neil Young concert film--Neil Young read more...
Exile On Lumpkin Street: Bloodkin's Tribute To The Rolling Stones
Exile On Lumpkin Street On December 16, Bloodkin and various friends will perform the songs of
The Rum Diary On Silver Screens October 28
The Rum Diary In Theaters Oct 28 Bruce Robinson directed a film based on Hunter S. Thompson's novel--The Rum Diary--starring Johnny Depp read more...
Remake of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs in Theaters September 16
Straw Dogs Out September 16 On September 16, the remake of Sam Peckinpah's savage film Straw Dogs hits theaters. Filmed in Bossier City, Louisiana, the 2011 Straw Dogs is read more...
Jonathan Wilson & Wilco Announce Europe Fall Tour Dates
Jonathan Wilson & Wilco Announce Fall Tour Dates Jonathan Wilson will support Wilco on their upcoming fall tour of Europe. The tour will begin in October and continue throughout read more...
The 2011 Ponderosa Stomp
The 2011 Ponderosa Stomp The Ninth Annual Ponderosa Stomp will take place on September 16-17 at the Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans. This New Orleans-based roots music festival read more...
The Search for Blind Lemon: Words, Music, Photos & Films from Jim Dickinson's Memoirs
Jim Dickinson's Search for Blind Lemon On September 17, Mary Lindsay Dickinson will present words, photographs, films and music from her late husband's memoirs and read more...
Jamaican Blues & Southern Breezes: Blue Water, Black Soul & Rock N Roll
Jamaican Blues & Southern Breezes: Blue Water, Black Soul & Rock N Roll "I say when it drops, oh you gonna feel it Know that you were doing wrong. I say a pressure drop, oh pressure Oh yeah, pressure drop a drop read more...
Caitlin Rose's New Album & Upcoming Tour with Earle, Isbell and Carll
Caitlin Rose's Own Side Now On September 27, ATO Records will release Caitlin Rose's debut album Own Side Now. Co-produced by Mark Nevers (Lambchop &
Hank Williams-The Legend Begins: Rare And Unreleased Recordings
Hank Williams Rare And Unreleased Recordings On September 13, Time Life will release Hank Williams: The Legend Begins--Rare And Unreleased Recordings. These newly discovered and restored recordings include sessions Hank recorded at 15 as well as his read more...
Tom Waits: Bad As Me Listening Party
Tom Waits: Bad As Me Listening Party Bad As Me is Tom Waits' first studio album in seven years. Yesterday the official Tom read more...
An Intimate Evening with Mississippi's Finest Musicians
An Intimate Evening with Mississippi's Finest On Wednesday, August 24, Luther Dickinson, Kenny Brown,
Warren Haynes In The Here And Now
Warren Haynes In The Here And Now Warren Haynes just released his latest solo album, Man In Motion. This recent
Drive By Truckers, Bob Dylan & Leon Russell Share A Stage Tonight
Dylan, The Truckers & Leon In Maryland Tonight Tonight in Columbia, Maryland, at The Merriweather Post Pavilion, The Drive By Truckers share a billing with read more...
Wes Freed's Artwork for Drive By Truckers Georgia Theatre Shows
Wes Freed's Drive By Truckers Artwork On August 12th and 13th, The Drive By Truckers will perform for the
Merle Haggard's New Album Working in Tennessee
Merle Haggard's New Album Out In October Vanguard Records will release Merle Haggard's latest album, Working in Tennessee, on October 4. Tonight, 'The Hag' is performing read more...
Booker T. Jones On The Road From Memphis
Booker T On the Road From Memphis Booker T. Jones just released an album called The Road From Memphis. The title refers to the city where Jones was born, and the place his musical legacy originated. A couple of years ago, Jones recorded
Bob Dylan's Admiration for Mississippi Writer Larry Brown
Dylan's Admiration for Larry Brown Turns out, Bob Dylan is a big Larry Brown fan. Today, while re-reading a short story of read more...
The Georgia Theatre's Grand Opening Tonight
The Georgia Theatre Grand Opening Tonight The new Georgia Theatre officially opens tonight in Athens, Georgia. The historic theatre burned read more...
Mississippi Bluesman T-Model Ford Playing New Orleans Tonight
T-Model Ford At One Eyed Jacks James Lewis Carter "T-Model" Ford performs at One Eyed Jacks tonight in New Orleans. His birth date is unknown, but it's read more...
Tom Waits Recording A New Album...
Tom Waits Recording First Album Since 2006 Recently inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young,
Upcoming Interview: Preston Lauterbach's Chitlin' Circuit: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll
The Chitlin' Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll Memphis writer Preston Lauterbach's first book--The Chitlin Circut: And The Road To Rock 'N' Roll--arrived in the mail on Monday. An upcoming interview with Lauterbach is on the way, but I wanted to write a quick read more...
Widespread Panic Prepares for Japan's Fuji Rock Festival
John Bell Talks About Panic's First Trip To Japan On July 29 and 30, Widespread Panic will perform at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. A few weeks ago I asked read more...
Expanded James Brown Exhibit On Display At Augusta Museum of History
Expanded James Brown Exhibit Opens To Public Artifacts from the Godfather of Soul James Browns' estate are now on display at the
Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series
Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series "Oh, the streets are Rome are filled with rubble Ancient footprints are everywhere..."
A Southern Literary Note on Hemingway's Birthday
A Southern Literary Note on Hemingway's Birthday Today is the birthday of Ernest Hemingway. A southern literary note seems in order to salute one of America's greatest writers...
Athens Photographer Jason Thrasher Discusses Filming The Drive By Truckers Go-Go Boots Episodes
Jason Thrasher Discusses Go-Go Boots Episodes Alabama native Jason Thrasher filmed episodes revolving around
The Photography of Adam Smith
The Photography of Adam Smith Today I'd like to shine a light on the photography of Adam Smith. Born in Macon, Georgia, Smith ranks as one of the country's finest music photographers. He attended college in Mississippi, lived in Atlanta for a while and now resides in his read more...
Next Stop: Wes Freed & The Drive By Truckers
Next Stop: Wes Freed & The Drive By Truckers Here's a quick dispatch this morning in between projects...Later this afternoon I'll interview The Drive By read more...
The Black Crowes Fly Across The Pond
Final Crowe Anniversary Shows This Month The Black Crowes play the final gigs of their 20th Anniversary Tour this month. So far, the band has performed in Italy and Spain. Tonight The Crowes play at the Manchester Academy in England. The next two read more...
A Preview of Drive Me Out of My Mind: 24 Houses in 10 Years By Chad Faries
A Preview of Chad Faries' New Memoir Emergency Press published Chad Faries' latest book titled Drive Me Out of My Mind: 24 Houses in 10 Years: A Memoir this month. I met Faries through read more...
Ben Hall Salutes Charlie Louvin on New EP
A LITTLE MORE BEN HALL Ben Hall's new Tompkins Square released EP--A Little More Ben Hall--salutes country music legend Charlie Louvin. Louvin passed away in January from his read more...
Lucinda Williams Talks Songwriting
LUCINDA WILLIAMS TALKS SONGWRITING Louisiana native Lucinda Williams is out on the road behind her latest album Blessed. She's in Canada for a few shows, and in this Edmonton Journal
Amy LaVere's Stranger Me Out July 19
Amy LaVere's Latest CD Out July 19 On July 19, Archer Records will release Amy LaVere's third studio album, Stranger Me. Stranger Me read more...
Texas Judge Aims For Willie Nelson
Texas Judge Aims For Willie Nelson This morning Texas judge Becky Dean-Walker said she would not accept Willie Nelson's mailed-in plea read more...
T.C. Boyle's Robert Johnson Story
Stones In My Passway, Hellhound On My Trail In 1977, T.C. Boyle wrote a story about blues legend Robert Johnson titled "Stones In My Passway, Hellhound On My Trail". read more...
Happiness Is A Warm Gun: Trigger Hippy Tour Dates
Trigger Hippy Southern Tour Dates Trigger Hippy just released five new tour dates. Trigger Hippy consists of The Black Crowes' drummer
The Avett Brothers Simulcast Red Rocks Concert for NASCAR Race
The Avett Brothers Perform For NASCAR The Avett Brothers' July 9 Red Rocks concert will air on the Charlotte Motor Speedway's HD video board. The idea is NASCAR wants to attract more of read more...
Tom Petty Issues Cease & Desist Letter To Michele Bachman
Petty Issues Cease & Desist To Republican Presidential Candidate This article reports
Sam Peckinpah, Bob Dylan & The Only Photo of Billy the Kid
Billy The Kid Photo Sold For $2.3M In the spirit of Sam Peckinpah's film that starred Bob read more...
New Sly Stone Album Due Out August 16
Sly Stone's I'm Back! Family & Friends For the first time since 1982, Sly Stone will release a new album. I'm Back! Family & Friends hits the read more...
The Silvertone Twangs of D. Charles Speer
The Silvertone Twangs of D. Charles Speer David Charles Shuford was born in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 90s, he moved to New York City and explored a variety of experimental styles, but his musical foundation never strayed far from pure country.
AthFest Music Festival June 22-26
2011 AthFest This Weekend This weekend Athens, Georgia's, annual AthFest Music Festival will take place. AthFest is a non-profit organization dedicated to music and arts education headquartered in Athens. The read more...
Swampland's Gospel, Funk & Soul Collection
Swampland's Gospel, Funk & Soul Collection It's arguable that one of America's finest contributions to history is music. Deep forms of music culminated from various influences that mold a specific style. In this dispatch, read more...
Girl Power: A Compilation of Swampland's Most Talented Female Artists
Swampland Salutes Southern Women: Volume 1 Today we'd like to salute all the great southern female artists we've covered here at Swampland. We've compiled a list of cornerstone interviews/articles/reviews pertaining to these talented read more...
Clarence Clemons RIP
Clarence Clemons RIP (1942-2011) Bruce Springsteen's longtime Virginia-born saxophonist Clarence Clemons died yesterday in Florida. Clemons suffered a stroke on June 12, and passed away from those complications. Bruce Springsteen released this read more...
Swampland's John Coltrane & Thelonious Monk Spotlight
Swampland's John Coltrane Spotlight John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk were both born in North Carolina and read more...
A Father's Day Gift From The Traveling Wilburys
Free Father's Day Stream On Father's Day--Sunday, June 19--The Traveling Wilburys will release a free 24-hour stream of "The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys". The program begins read more...
Summer Merle Haggard Southern Tour Dates
Upcoming Merle Haggard 2011 Southern Tour Dates Country music legend Merle Haggard prepares for his upcoming summer tour. At 74, Haggard still records, tours and writes timeless music. His work casts a long and wide shadow on American music. Over the years, read more...
Georgia Theatre Grand Opening Update
Athens Music Venue Rebuilt On August 1-14, 2011, the Athens, Georgia, music venue--The Georgia Theatre--will host a Grand Opening. The Theatre burned down two years ago. Here are the first scheduled shows at The Georgia Theatre. Stay tuned...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Celebrates 10th Anniversary
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Celebrates 10th Anniversary GRAMMY® ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR 2001 O Brother, Where Art Thou? CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH EXPANDED TWO-CD DELUXE EDITION NEW BONUS DISC INCLUDES read more...
Willie Nelson's Nightly Bus Theater
Willie Nelson's Nightly Bus Theater On this early Sunday evening perhaps some humor is needed. Check out Willie Nelson's June 11 episode of read more...
Jonathan Wilson Travels To Europe with Jackson Browne
Jonathan Wilson Travels To Europe in July North Carolina guitarist Jonathan Wilson will travel to Europe in July to perform dates with Jackson Browne. Wilson will read more...
From Townes Van Zandt To Doc Watson
From Townes Van Zandt To Doc Watson Townes Van Zandt's Live at The Old Quarter read more...
RIP Philip Walden Jr. (November 15, 1962--June 7, 2011)
Philip Walden JR. RIP "But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no
Widespread Panic's John Bell Looks Forward To Bonnaroo 2011
John Bell On Bonnaroo Ten Years Later The 2011 Bonnaroo Festival begins on June 9. The four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, celebrates its 10th year.
Bob Dylan's Upcoming Southern Tour Dates
Dylan Adds Southern Tour Dates Yesterday three new southern dates were scheduled on the summer leg of Bob Dylan's 2011 tour. On July 24, Dylan will perform in New Braunfels, Texas. The Bard travels to New Orleans for a July 26 show, and then onto Memphis for read more...
Rejoice and Shout: The History of Gospel Music
Don McGlynn's Latest Documentary Rejoice and Shout Directed by Don McGlynn, Rejoice and Shout documents the 200-year history of gospel music in America. The two-hour film traces fusions of multiple musical styles such as plantation work songs, read more...
Bloodkin's First 7" Single & Tonight's 40 Watt Club Performance
Bloodkin's Mark Fidrych & Evel Knievel Tonight the Athens, Georgia, band Bloodkin's
Drive By Truckers Play Georgia Theatre Grand Opening August 12 & 13
Drive By Truckers Play Georgia Theatre Grand Opening The Drive By Truckers will play two shows for the Grand Opening of the venerable Athens, Georgia, venue--
Olga's Whatever You Want featuring Cody Dickinson
Olga's Whatever You Want Out June 21, 2011 Singer/songwriter/guitarist Olga Wilhelmine Munding's latest album Whatever You Want will be released on June 21, 2011. Olga wrote Whatever You Want with
Chris Robinson Brotherhood Big Sur Memorial Weekend
Chris Robinson Brotherhood & Howlin Rain Big Sur Memorial Weekend "Lost in the equinox/lightening flash in a blood red sky Another game of paradox/got the angels choosing sides..."
A Memorial Day Tribute: An Early Salute
A Salute To All The Veterans An early salute for the upcoming weekend... In honor of Memorial Day, and all the read more...
Mississippi Celebrates Its Grammy Legacy on June 7
Mississippi Celebrates Its Grammy Legacy on June 7 On June 7, 2011, Govenor Haley Barbour and First Lady Marsha Barbour will host the fifth annual Mississippi celebration of its Grammy legacy. The list of performers this year include
Georgia Public Broadcasting Films "Georgia Outdoors" on the Altamaha River
GPB Films "Georgia Outdoors" on Altamaha River Earlier this month, Georgia Public Broadcasting filmed for three days on the Altamaha River in southeast Georgia. Swampland read more...
Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday
Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday "It's mighty funny, the end of time has just begun."
Gregg Allman Signs Book Deal
Greg Allman Memoir Due Out Spring 2012 This week Gregg Allman signed a book deal to write his life story. The memoir will be published by William Morrow in the spring of read more...
Brute: Nine High a Pallet
Brute: Nine High a Pallet ...Today, a journey through smoke rings of the past... The band Brute consisted of Athens songwriter Vic Chesnutt recording his material with
The Art of Will Johnson
The Artwork of Will Johnson In preparation for the Texas band Centro-matic's upcoming release--Candidate Waltz--on June 21, I thought I'd shine a light on the artwork of the band's leader read more...
Never A Pal Like Mother
Happy Mother's Day 2011 Happy Mother's Day to Everyone! Since it's Mother's Day weekend, I thought I write a dispatch around the great Atlanta label
Robert Johnson's 100th Birthday Celebration
Robert Johnson's 100th Birthday Celebration In May May 8 marks blues legend Robert Johnson's 100th birthday. The L.A. Times featured
Levon Helm's Ramble At The Ryman
Levon Helm's Ramble At The Ryman This Nashville Scene article outlines
Upcoming Buddy Holly Tribute Album Features My Morning Jacket, Justin Townes Earl & The Black Keys
Buddy Holly Tribute Album Due Out June 28 On June 28 a Buddy Holly tribute album--Rave On--will be released. The 19 Holly songs on Rave On read more...
Deadly Tornadoes Hit The South
Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through The South "Sirens were blowing, clouds spat rain And as things came through, it sounded like a train..."
The Latest From the Great Ike Stubblefield
The Latest From the Great Ike Stubblefield I conducted a brief interview this morning with the great Ike Stubblefield. Ike played with the Temptations,
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Begins Friday
2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival The 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival begins on April 29 and continues until May 8. A wide variety of music, food, parades, culture and crafts will be available to supporters.
Roy Orbison's Widow Honors His Life On 75th Birthday
Roy Orbison's Widow Honors Her Husband Yesterday (April 22) would have been Roy Orbison's 75th birthday. His widow, Barbara, dicusses her husband's life and musical legacy in this
CD Reviews of 2011 (So Far...)
CD Reviews of 2011 (So Far...) " I will see you on Good Friday..."
Film Reviews of the Past
Swampland Film Reviews of the Past Today's dispatch includes a list of various films reviewed on Swampland. This follows up recent lists of book and
Book Reviews of the Past
Book Reviews of the Past on Mystery and Manners Today I thought I'd include a list of a few books reviewed on Swampland from the past. Perhaps a title will ignite some inspiration for a reader to seek out a specific book or story. While a read more...
The Never Ending Soul Food Tour: H & H Restaurant Macon, GA
H & H Restaurant 807 Forsyth Avenue Macon, GA 31201 478-742-9810 www.mamalouise.com James Calemine’s “Never Ending Soul Food Tour” includes documented visits to barbecue joints, read more...
Jonathan Wilson's Gentle Spirit Due Out July 2011
Gentle Spirit Out July 2011 North Carolina native Jonathan Wilson's long-awaited second studio album--Gentle Spirit--will be released in July 2011 according read more...
Furthur Southern Shows Announced
Southern Furthur Dates Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will bring their band--Furthur--south this summer. The tour begins in June. The southern dates begin in July, which include Raleigh, NC (July 28), Simpsonville, SC (July 29), Saint Augustine, FL (July read more...
Black Crowe Steve Gorman Sits In With Bobby Keys Band
Bobby Keys Band In Nashville Texas native Bobby Keys played saxophone for The Rolling Stones,
Widespread Panic's Sunny Ortiz Calls On His Day Off
Widespread Panic Percussionist Calls From Home Today Widespread Panic's
Widespread Panic's Todd Nance From Asheville
Panic Drummer Reports From Asheville Yesterday I called Widespread Panic drummer
Jack White To Record Jerry Lee Lewis In Nashville On April 16
Jack White Producing Jerry Lee Lewis Jack White's Third Man Records announced Monday on Record Store Day--April 16--Jerry Lee Lewis will perform live in Nashville. White will produce the live recording with a read more...
Wilmot Greene Interview: Update On Rebuilding The Georgia Theatre
Wilmot Greene Interview April 2011: Update On The Georgia Theatre Today I called our friend owner of the Georgia Theatre--Wilmot Greene--regarding the rebuilding of the venerable Athens, Georgia, music venue. Here’s the latest …
Widespread Panic Begins 25th Anniversary Tour Tonight in Louisville, Kentucky
Opening Night of Widespread Panic 25th Anniversary Tour: Louisville, KY Tonight Widespread Panic begin their 25th Anniversary tour in Louisville, Kentucky. In February Panic played in Athens and Atlanta, Georgia, to commemorate their first gig in read more...
MLB Opening Day 2011
MLB Opening Day 2011 “I was fairly typical of my generation of Southerners, I suppose. I got hooked on the game when I heard Mel Allen’s tense description of Enos (‘Country”) Slaughter of the Cardinals winning the ’46 read more...
Tom Petty's Buried Treasure Contest
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Hurricane Ike Aims For Texas and Louisiana 9/12/08 The good folks of Texas and Louisiana are under a severe Hurricane threat. Hurricane Ike is read more...
Phil White RIP
Phil White RIP 9/10/08 I'd like to take this time to put up an obituary Frank Gutch wrote. Frank contributes periodically to Swampland, and read more...
A Conversation with Chuck Leavell
Upcoming Interview with Chuck Leavell 9/9/08 A couple of hours ago, I conducted an interview with the legendary
Marc Ford and the Neptune Blues Club
Another Transmission From The Great Marc Ford 9/3/08 We've missed each other's messages for the past couple of days, but I finally spoke with read more...
Jerry Reed RIP 1937-2008
Georgia Legend Dies At 71 9/2/08 Legendary Georgia musician Jerry Reed passed away over the Labor Day weekend. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Reed read more...
Another Day In Pursuit of the Story
Another Day In Pursuit of the Story 8/27/08 Yesterday proved interesting.
Paul Hemphill's Fall Tour
Atlanta Writer Paul Hemphill's New Book Tour 8/26/08
The Tao of Willie
The Tao of Willie 8/23/08 "He's a carved-in-granite-samurai warrior Gypsy guitar-pickin' wild man with a heart as big as Texas and the read more...
From Athens, Georgia To Jerry Wexler
From Athens, Georgia To Jerry Wexler: A Feast of Friends… 8/16/08 There’s not much time to write this read more...
The Adam MacDougall Interview
Mystery And Manners Interview with Black Crowes Keyboardist 8/13/08 I'd like to direct your attention to my interview with The Black Crowes' read more...
RIP Isaac Hayes
Soul Legend Passes Away Today 8/10/08 Soul legend Isaac Hayes died today at 65. Hayes played a vital role in the
The 80 Miles Between Athens & Atlanta
Mystery And Manners Highlights Athens and Atlanta, Georgia 8/9/08 Once again, I’d like to shine a read more...
Widespread Induction & Where The Buffalo Roam
Mystery And Manners’ Newsworthy Stories of The Day 8/6/08 …Widespread Induction & Where The Buffalo Roam…
Friends of New Orleans Performances
Friends of New Orleans Presents Tipitina’s Foundation Five Year Anniversary 7/29/08 An All-Star lineup will perform two read more...
Southern Musicians Under California Skies
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An Ongoing Journey To the Heart of Southern Culture
A Sunday Service On Southern Culture 7/20/08 “The artist penetrates the concrete world in order to find at read more...
An Afternoon with Old Friends
An Afternoon with Old Friends 7/18/08 Yesterday afternoon I visited the married writers
Widespread Panic Set For Induction To Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Widespread Panic Will Be Inducted To Georgia Music Hall of Fame In September 7/13/08 The Athens, Georgia, band
A Forgotten Hero: Chips Moman
A Forgotten Hitmaker Chips Moman 7/13/08 "She's not just a plaything, She expects love just like a man."
Steve Cropper Remembers First Meeting with Otis Redding
Steve Cropper Remembers His First Meeting with Soul Legend Otis Redding 7/11/08 From coastal Georgia, near the Florida line, I'm enjoying the read more...
Bill Ector RIP
Mystery And Manners Flag Flies At Half Mast 7/9/08 After a six hour drive from Atlanta to South Georgia today I logged on and found this email read more...
...Southbound...
Altered Plans...Poets...Old Friends...And A Southbound Road... 7/8/08 “I can’t worry about it Yesterday’s read more...
Words From Charlie
Charlie Musselwhite On Muddy Waters 7/5/08 ...I hope everyone enjoyed their Independence Day... I wanted to send a few lines read more...
Booker T & The MGs, The Memphis Horns and The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section Inducted Into Musicians Hall of Fame
Musicians Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees 7/2/08 Yesterday I interviewed the great
An American Hero: Steve Cropper
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New Hunter S. Thompson Documentary Bursts In Air On July 4
Gonzo: The Life And Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Released July 4 6/30/08 "...And this qualifier is the essence of what, for no particular read more...
Midnight Shakedown
Midnight Shakedown: Renaldo & Clara, Marc Ford & Widespread Panic...And Beyond 6/28/08 "Odds and Ends Odds and read more...
...A Dog Day Afternoon...
Georgia Falls In College World Series...Random Notes... 6/25/08 The Fresno State Bulldogs beat The Georgia Bulldogs tonight 6-1 in the read more...
Female Soul Opens the Summer
A Cast of Female Artists Bloom In Summer 6/23/08 "One day I woke up to find Right in the bed next to mine Some woman broke me read more...
The Great Charlie Musselwhite
An Interview with The "Greatest Living Harp Player" 6/19/08 He would never admit to it, but many legendary musicians have referred to read more...
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist Volume Seven: Neil Young
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist: Volume Seven—Neil Young 6/18/08 “I’m a vampire Sucking blood from the read more...
Chuck Berry & Sly Stone Headline Long Beach Blues Festival
Chuck Berry, Sly Stone, Booker T. Jones, Charlie Musselwhite and others Perform 29th Annual Long Beach Blues Festival 6/17/08 In Long read more...
Tift Merritt Mystery And Manners Interview
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Owsley "Bear" Stanley's Sonic Journal: Gram Parsons Liner Notes
Owsley "Bear" Stanley's New 'Sonic Journal' Notes on Gram Parsons Recordings 6/13/08 "This old town's filled with sin It'll swallow you in If you've come some money to burn, Take it home right away You got three years to read more...
Bingham, Merritt and Emmylou In Today's Camera Eye
Bingham's Nomination & Harris-Merritt Television Appearance 6/12/08 In Nashville today Ryan Bingham received a nomination for the New read more...
...A Transmission From Marc Ford...
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist Marc Ford Sends Word 6/9/08 "You'll find out just what a friend can be..." "Wake Up and Walk Away"
...A Conversation with Tift Merritt...
Tift Merritt Talks About Her Musical Journey 6/8/08 "All these miles I've come All of these dreams I've chased in my mind,
Southern Remedy On The River: The Black Crowes In Chattanooga, Tennessee
Southern Remedy On The River: The Black Crowes Perform Chattanooga, Tennessee 6/7/08 "Windswept stars blink and read more...
Bo Diddley RIP (1928-2008)
Bo Diddley RIP (1928-2008) Born Ellas McDaniel on December 30, 1928, in McComb, Mississippi, Bo Diddley became one of the architects of read more...
Amy LaVere & The North Mississippi All-Stars Storm Atlanta
Amy LaVere & The North Mississippi All-Stars Storm Atlanta: Notes From A Soundcheck 5/31/08
...Handful of Dust On An Eve of Summer...
...Notes From The Underground...Handful of Dust On An Eve of Summer... 5/27/08 "There comes a time when every honest man must spit read more...
Birthday Greetings To Bob Dylan & Rich Robinson
Birthday Wishes To Bob Dylan & The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson 5/24/08 Mystery and Manners sends out birthday greetings to the great read more...
The Amazing Amy LaVere
The Amazing Amy LaVere & Topanga Days 5/22/08 This evening I conducted an interview with the beautiful and talented Amy LaVere. Amy read more...
Jonathan Wilson-A Southern Son Out West
Jonathan Wilson: A Southern Son Out West 5/14/08 "Are you satisfied? Are you occupied? Do you have enough time
Mississippi Blues Commission
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A Dispatch To The Muse
A Dispatch To The Muse 5/12/08 "She was standin by the highway In her boots and silver spurs Gonna hitchhike read more...
New Allman Brothers Documentary Premiere May 16
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Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival
Mavis Staples To Headline Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival 5/5/08 “I know no one can sing the blues
...The Kentucky Derby In Athens, Georgia...
Athens, Georgia…May 3, 2008…The Kentucky Derby… “When you’re sitting back In your rose pink read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital
Music Maker Relief Foundation & Dust-To-Digital Preserve The Oldest Traditions 5/2/08 The North Carolina-based
Mystery And Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Six: Clarence White
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Emmylou Harris Inducted Into Country Music Hall of Fame
Emmylou Inducted Into The Country Music Hall of Fame 4/29/08 Last Sunday, April 27,
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons' Florida Roots
Mudcrutch & Gram Parsons’ Florida Roots 4/27/08 This
New Orleans Jazzfest: In Wake Of The Flood
Randy Newman’s “Louisiana 1927” Becomes Un-official Anthem For New Orleans Jazzfest 4/27/08 In the wake of Katrina, many read more...
The Midnight Hour
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The Return of Mudcrutch
Tom Petty Resurrects His Old Florida Band Mudcrutch 4/24/05 Tom Petty and Tom Leadon (brother of Eagle Bernie) formed Mudcrutch with Randall read more...
Widespread Panic In Orange Beach, Alabama
Widespread Panic On The Beach 4/19/08 Morning Folks, Last night proved a fine night. The weather here in Orange Beach, Alabama, is read more...
...Night Before Widespread Panic On The Beach...
A Prelude To The Spectacle 4/17/08 Before I take off for the three
The Blessing of Mavis Staples
The Blessing of Mavis Staples 4/14/08 Mavis Staples serves as a beacon of light in the sinister music business. Her golden voice appears on read more...
Outward Bound
“The eye and mind would be functioning as a camera. The writing would be selective and necessarily interpretive—but once the image was written the words would be final.” --Hunter read more...
Dickinson's Eats & Dylan's Prize
Bob Dylan Wins Pulitzer Prize & Jim Dickinson's Best On The Road Eating 4/7/08 Evening Folks, I hope all is well on this read more...
A Shot of the Blues
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The Legacy of Ardent Records
The Legacy of Ardent Records 4/2/08 In light of my recent interview with the great
Time To Panic
A Journey To The Classic City For A Meeting With Seasoned Professionals 3/29/08
The Road To Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
A Few Insights For The Faithful On A Thursday Evening 3/27/08 Pollen read more...
Bound For Glory
“I was thirteen when I went to live with a family of thirteen people in a two-room house. I was going on fifteen when I got me a job shining shoes, read more...
Mudcrutch: Tom Petty's Florida Roots
The surprise announcement of Mudcrutch's reunion is welcome news to the Swampland Footprint. Mudcrutch is an essential chapter in Tom Petty's career. Mudcrutch evolved out of an early Gainesville, FL band of Petty's called the Epics. The Epics also featured a read more...
Brother To Jackals & the Jukebox Chronicles
A Few Notes From The Underground 3/18/08 "Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What read more...
Chris Robinson's "Inhale! Inhale! Rock N Roll" Article
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The Dickinson's Mojo & The Black Crowes' Voodoo
Mystery & Manners Investigates The Mojo of The Dickinson Family & The Black Crowes' Voodoo 3/11/02 "Don't bring down the read more...
Dylan Organizes Recordings of Unfinished Hank Williams Songs
Bob Dylan Discovers Unfinished Hank Williams Songs 2/28/08 "Odds and ends, odds and ends, Lost time is not found read more...
Latest Releases From James McMurtry & Otis Redding
Latest Releases From James McMurtry and Otis Redding 2/27/08
Down In the Groove with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (PART TWO)
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Down In The Groove with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (Part One)
Mystery & Manners Interview with Widespread Panic's Todd Nance (Part One) 2/25/08 I'd like to mention Mystery And read more...
Poetic Felony
MAXIM Magazine Reviews Black Crowes' Warpaint Without Hearing The Album 2/23/08 For some folks it's easy to hate the Black Crowes. Everyone read more...
Another Call To Harry Crews & Beyond
...An Ongoing Pursuit & Recording of the Mystery And Manners Saga...Widespread Panic...Jim Dickinson...Harry Crews and beyond... 2/19/08 “In the time I was with read more...
Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer Wins GRAMMY
Dirt Farmer Wins GRAMMY 2/11/08 Levon Helm's latest album,
Jim Dickinson On The Line
Mystery & Manners Interview With Memphis Legend Jim Dickinson 2/9/08 "She shivers just like jelly in the bowl."
Ryan Bingham Gets Help From Ford
Marc Ford & Son Join Texas Songwriter Ryan Bingham In the South 2/9/08
Widespread Soul
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Adventures In The (Pig) Skin Trade On Super Bowl Sunday
Roving Notes On Super Bowl Sunday 2/3/08 "There is some kind of back-door connection in my head between Super Bowls and The Allman read more...
Luther Dickinson: Night Before theTour...
Luther Dickinson Talks Present, Past & Future 1/16/08 Things have been quite busy as of late. I've just about completed my interview read more...
...A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll...
A Rising Tide of Georgia Rock And Roll: David Barbe, The Drive By Truckers, Bloodkin & The Black Crowes 1/10/08 "Every read more...
2008 Year of The Crowe
...Atlanta's Black Crowes Prepare for the Warpath... 1/7/08 Today the Black read more...
Criteria Studios: 50 Years Later
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Lead Belly: A Life In Pictures
A New Lead Belly Book Hits The Streets 12/29/07 A new 250 page book on blues great
Dr. John Voices Frustration At Friday New Orleans Show
Dr. John Expresses Frustration With Katrina Fallout 12/29/07 Dr. John informed the audience--at his first of two shows in his hometown last read more...
Country's Top 100 Heartbreaks
A List of Country Music's Greatest Hurtin' Songs 12/28/07 Here's an interesting
Full Moon Fever With Stanley Booth
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Honeydripper Star Plays Hometown
Gary Clark Jr. Plays Austin 12/21/07 Musician Gary Clark, Jr.
George Porter Celebrates 60th Birthday
New Orleans Musician Celebrates 60th Birthday 12/21/07 The great George Porter Jr. will celebrate his 60th birthday next week at The read more...
Blues Trail Marker For "Nighthawk" McCollum
A New Blues Marker Tribute 12/19/07 In Friar's Point, Mississippi, a
New Willie Nelson Album Out January 29, 2008
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Montgomery Dedicates New Year's Eve To Hank Williams
On New Year's Eve Hank Williams Fans Gather In Montgomery 12/17/07 "The eeriest thing I ever had to do in my life was at Hank's funeral when read more...
Ike Turner Dead at 76
Ike Turner Dead at 76 12/12/07 The story of guitarist/songwriter
Southern Greats Play Post Led Zeppelin London Gig
Sam Moore, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Solomon Burke Perform Post Led Zep Gig 12/11/07 Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman's band, the
John Sayles Interview
Mystery & Manners John Sayles Interview 12/8/07 On Thursday I interviewed John Sayles. Sayles' new movie Honeydripper was filmed in Alabama. Honeydripper read more...
Gibson's Robot Guitar
Gibson's Robot Guitar On Sale 12/6/07 This Monday, Gibson's
No Country For Old Men Voted Best Film
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...Into The Deep...
Mystery & Manners Dispatch 12/05/07 Today marks the birthday of southern writer
The Black Crowes Put On Warpaint
The Black Crowes New Album Warpaint Set For Release 11/27/07
Willie Nelson: Dogs Best Friend
Dogs Best Friend: Willie Nelson 11/24/07 Willie read more...
Swampland Salutes Great Southern Writer Paul Hemphill
Mystery & Manners Highlights Writer Paul Hemphill 11/21/07 I'd like to take this opportunity to direct everyone's attention to the read more...
Johnny Cash's First Wife's New Book
New Book From the Late Vivian Cash 11/19/07 Vivian Cash,
Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals
Jerry Wexler Talks Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals 11/15/07 In these interview clips, the great Jerry Wexler discusses recording
The Word Returns
The Word Returns In December 11/14/07 Robert Randolph (The Robert Randolph Family Band), Cody &
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FIVE: The Band “Hail is beatin’ on the roof The bourbon is a hundred proof read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation's Latest Project
Music Maker's Built For The Blues 11/13/07 Music Maker Relief Foundation operates as a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting poor read more...
Another James Brown Lawsuit
Latest Legal Distraction For James Brown Estate 11/12/07 All is not well among members of James Brown's family. Since his death on December read more...
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman
Loretta Lynn Returns To The Ryman 11/12/07 On Thursday, November 15, Loretta Lynn returns to perform at the fabled Ryman Auditorium. The read more...
Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film
Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film 11/11/07 A new Coen Brothers movie, based read more...
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART FOUR: The Rolling Stones
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s)PART FOUR: The Rolling Stones 11/8/07 "Will all your money Keep you from read more...
Blind Boys of Alabama 70 Years Young
Blind Boys of Alabama: 70 Years Young The Blind Boys of Alabama read more...
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART THREE
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitar Player: PART THREE Marc Ford In San Francisco 11/05/07 "Featherweight read more...
Mystery & Manners Dispatch From San Francisco
Dispatch From San Francisco 11/3/07 Notes written on a back porch facing Mt. Tamalpais, known to locals as "Mt. Tam". I arrived read more...
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE--Tom Waits
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART THREE 10/31/07 "The quill from a buzzard The blood writes the word
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART TWO--Jerry Garcia
Mystery & Manners Honorary Southern Artist(s) Part Two 10/30/07 "I love the Dead. As far as Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia could walk read more...
October 27 & 28 Bridge School Benefit
21st Bridge School Benefit Hosts Various Musicians 10/27/07 In light of a
SWAMPLAND Goin' Out West...Frisco Bound...
Mystery & Manners Goin' Out West To San Francisco 10/25/07
Weirdness Way Down South
Weirdness Down South 10/22/07 People do crazy things, and every now and then I'd like to highlight their singular accomplishments. Recently, read more...
Birthday Cheers To Tom Petty
Mystery & Manners Cheers To Tom Petty 10/20/07 ...Raise a glass to Thomas Earl Petty, born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, read more...
Ryan Bingham And The Drive By Truckers Hit the Road
Ryan Bingham and The Drive By Truckers Hit The Road 10/17/07 Ryan Bingham and the
A Day In The Life of A Great American Guitarist (Marc Ford) PART TWO
A Day In the Life of A Great American Guitarist Part Two 10/15/07
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots
Thelonious Monk's North Carolina Roots 10/11/07 Yesterday marked 90 years since the birth of
Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s) PART ONE--Bob Dylan
...Mystery & Manners' Honorary Southern Artist(s)...PART ONE... 10/11/07 "Beat a path of retreat
Haggard's Horizon
Merle Haggard Gives Insight To Future In Billboard Q & A 10/9/07
Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta
A Day In The Life of a Great American Guitarist: Marc Ford Burns Through Atlanta 10/7/07
William Eggleston: The Father of Color Photography
The Photography of William Eggleston 10/4/07 Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1939,
Ray McKinnon Randy and the Mob Blog
Ray McKinnon's Recent Blogs About His Latest Film, Randy and the Mob 10/3/07 As posted
The Paintings of Woodie Long
The Paintings of Woodie Long 10/2/07 Today I'd like to bring the reader's attention to the work of Woodie Long. Born in 1942, Long read more...
Otis Redding Film Premier October 8
Dreams To Remember Premier October 8 10/1/07 The new Otis Redding documentary, Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis read more...
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Tompkins Square Releases Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs This Week 9/29/07 This week Tompkins Square released this
Blues Great Memphis Minnie Honored
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Nuke Fallout Shelter For Alabama
Alabama City Reopening Nuke Fallout Shelter 9/27/07 In Huntsville, Alabama, they are planning to build a state of the art nuclear fallout read more...
Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino
GOIN' HOME: A TRIBUTE TO FATS DOMINO 9/26/07 Yesterday Vanguard released
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys
Excerpt from Paul Hemphill's The Good Old Boys 9/24/07 In preparation for my upcoming article on
Autumnal Traditions and Emotional Rescue in Tuscaloosa
Autumnal Traditions and Emotional Rescue in Tuscaloosa 9/23/07 As Georgia's kicker lined up to miss the kick, sending the Georgia-Alabama game read more...
Ray McKinnon's Randy and the Mob
Ray McKinnon's New Film Randy and the Mob 9/22/07 From Capricorn Pictures...Here's the trailer for Adel, Georgia, native Ray McKinnon's new comedy Randy and the Mob. The Drive By Truckers' Patterson Hood contributed a song to the soundtrack. read more...
Dylan Plays The Ryman
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The Shadow And the Truth
9/19/07 ...THE SHADOW AND THE TRUTH... It's important to realize how blurred the fine line between reality and illusion co-exist. At read more...
Emmylou Harris Retrospective "Songbird" Hits Streets Today
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Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes
Luther Dickinson Flies With The Black Crowes 9/17/07 The North Mississippi All-Stars guitarist
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding
Macon's Tribute To Otis Redding 9/16/07 At the Georgia Music Hall of Fame read more...
Patterson Hood Song In New Ray McKinnon Film
Patterson Hood Song In New Ray McKinnon Film 9/12/07 Patterson Hood read more...
Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Perform at the New York Film Festival
9/10/07 ...Runnin' Down A Dream: A new Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Film Showing at New York Film Festival ... Tom Petty read more...
Southeast Adventure Outfitters
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Blind Willie McTell Named Stateboro's Second Legend In the Arts
9/9/07 Blind Willie McTell Named Statesboro's Second Legend In the Arts On September 7, 2007, the blues great Blind Willie McTell was read more...
Sounds of the South
9/8/07 Sounds of the South "Jack of diamonds told Queen of spades Gwine with me, Be on yo creepin way."
Brendan O'Brien's Golden Ear
9/7/07 Brendan "Bud" O'Brien remains a luminary on the Atlanta music scene. O'Brien played in various groups in Atlanta such as Right As read more...
Dog Days End?
8/28/07 Dog Days End? ...A Few Scattered Notes... "The wicked read more...
Lost Gram Parsons Shows From 1969 Set For Release
Lost Gram Parsons Shows Found For over a year dust of rumor circulated that lost Gram Parsons performances were unearthed...turns out this is true. This read more...
Breakfast With Paul, Drinks With Dan
8/19/07 Yesterday proved noteworthy. I met up with southern writer Paul Hemphill at
DEATH WEEK
The 30 year anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death falls on August 16, 2007. Like it or not, Elvis ranks as a southern icon. Elvis changed the way people looked at music the way Ted Turner changed the way people look at TV.
The Black Crowes Complete New Studio Album
Atlanta’s own, The Black Crowes will begin mixing their new album in September for a Spring 2008 release. The Crowes recently recorded 16 new songs at
...A Call To Harry Crews...
7/27/07 One of my heroes remains the Georgia writer Harry Crews. Some of Crews' books such as Feast of Snakes, Florida read more...
The Last Outpost of Time
7/9/07 “All that we see is but a dream within a dream.”
Fire On The Mountain
6/25/07 read more...
The Rise And Disappearance of Sly Stone
6/20/07 Few groups ever attain the musical power and wide commercial appeal of Sly & The Family Stone. From 1967-1974, the group proved a formidable band whose music crossed all social and musical barriers.
Johnny Cash Radio & Elvis Auction Items
6/18/07 The Sun Records boys are in the news again... Bill Miller is now hosting
Fathers Day: Hot Fun In the Summertime
6/17/07 Happy Father’s Day… …A few scattered notes from a spot overlooking some hills here in north Georgia on a read more...
The True Adventures of Stanley Booth
6/10/07 THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF STANLEY BOOTH As I wrote in the intro to my Charlie Louvin
A Smoke Out In Rome
6/8/07 Old Havana Cigar Company 327 Broad Street Rome, GA 30161 706-295-0546
Adventures In the Book Trade
6/6/07 Down on Moreland Avenue at A Cappella’s—located in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood—this Indie outlet serves as a read more...
Hotlanta Under Red Skies & Electric Blue
5/28/07 ...No rain in sight here in Hotlanta...the smoke from the wild fires in South Georgia creeped up this way last week...lingering like some biblical haze in the southern read more...
Keith Richards Donates To James Burton's Foundation
4/4/07 Keith Richards donated $20,000 to James Burton's Festival this weekend. Check out the Swampland interview with James Burton read more...
The James Burton Guitar Festival
....Interviewing the King of the Telecaster, James Burton, ranks as a great thrill for me... James Burton's musical accomplishments outshine any other guitar player. He's played and recorded with over read more...
2007 Jazzfest Lineup Announced
3/10/07 Jazzfest begins in New Orleans on April 27 and continues through May 6. Some of the performers this year include Dr. John, Van Morrison, Lucinda Williams, Percy Sledge, T-Bone Burnett, James Carter, MOFRO, Little Freddie King, Norah Jones, Pharoah Sanders, Johnny read more...
Music Maker Relief Foundation: A Treasure Trove of American Music
'Blues will never die because it is a spirit. It is an uplift and the way you feel it, that is the way it is. And it brings a lot of joy to people. Music is made to make happiness, make you smile and forget your troubles. In the Good Book it says to make a joyful noise. It doesn't read more...
Po Monkey's: One of the Last Great Juke Joints
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...Story of Blind Lemon Jefferson On New York Stage...
2/21/07 A New York Theater Company presents a musical revue based on the life of Blind Lemon Jefferson. The show began last week in New York. This successful play appeared in Switzerland and France, while the Netherlands and Belgium come next. This presentation proves, once read more...
Folkstreams-The Land Where The Blues Began
2/20/07 Folkstreams.net encapsulates many great films based on blues in the south. Folklorist Alan Lomax traveled to the Mississippi Delta in the 1930s and 1940s to record and preserve the work of great blues read more...
"Honeyboy" Edwards Still Playing The Blues At 91
2/19/07 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, born June 28, 1915, in Shaw, Mississippi, began playing the guitar at an early age. Over the years, Edwards has played with Charlie Patton, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Keith Richards--the only living artist to read more...
Swampland Sanctuary...Musical Lineage From "Land of the Trembling Earth" To Charlie Louvin's Latest CD...
As the narrator of Swampland.com, perhaps I should paint a picture of my background before I guide you to the latest recording by the great Charlie Louvin. I grew up on the Georgia Coast--about sixty miles from the Okefenokee Swamp, or "Land of the Trembling Earth"--and read more...
Sir Mack Rice Keeps On Keepin' On
2/18/07 Stax Records songwriter Sir Mack Rice penned "Mustang Sally" (Wilson Pickett), "Respect Yourself" (Staple Singers), "Cheaper To Keep Her" (Johnny Taylor), and "Cadillac Assembly Line" for Albert King. Sir Mack survives as one read more...
The Four Horsemen Tour
2/11/07 Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt, and Lyle Lovett will swap songs on a 33 city tour through the United States and Canada that begins tonight in Nashville. Joe Ely's new CD Happy Songs From Rattlesnake read more...
Rough Guide To the Blues
2/10/07 Rough Guide To The Blues serves as a fine starter kit to some of America's greatest blues artists. This CD was released
Third Annual Robert Johnson Blues Festival Set For May
2/9/07 Born May, 8, 1911, in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, Robert Johnson's legend radiates from his 29 compositions. In Johnson's hometown on May 5, 2007, a blues festival will take place on the famous Ragsdale Street to honor Johnson. This weekend marks the 96th birthday of the read more...
...The British Travel To The American South In Search Of The Blues...
2/4/07 Britain's prestigious The Telegraph journeys to the American South on a quest for legendary blues landmarks. James Calemine The Telegraph
GRAMMY ARTISTS DISCUSS MUSIC WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
2/1/07 Grammy Award-winning artists such as Ludicris and Earl Klugh discuss the music industry with high school students in Atlanta. James Calemine
18th Annual Savannah Music Festival Announced
2/1/07 The 18th Annual Savannah Music Festival occurs this year from March 15-April 1, 2007. The event, designed to showcase indigenous music from the deep south, begins on a festive St. Patrick's Day weekend in Savannah, Georgia. Some of the eclectic performers include read more...
2007 Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival Date Set
1/27/07 "I know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell."
Allman Brothers To Headline Wanee Festival in April
The Allman Brothers Band will once again headline the annual Wanee Festival in Live Oak, Florida on April 13th and 14th. Besides the Brothers, the read more...
Southern Writers Finalists For National Book Award...And Other Swampland Miscellany...
1/21/07 Southern writers Cormac McCarthy and Richard Ford are among finalists named for the 33rd annual National Book Award. Tennessee born Cormac McCarthy is nominated for his latest novel, The Road, a heart-rending story between a father and his young son in a read more...
Our New John Hammond Interview is Waiting for You!
John Hammond is simply an amazing performer. Prior to my interview with him last week, I only knew a little about the man. I knew that he had an album called Southern Fried because I owned it back in the seventies. It was a fantastic record that featured the read more...
John Lee Hooker Returns In 2007
1/18/07 Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1917, John Lee Hooker ranked as one of America's last great bluesmen. In 1948, he experienced his first number one hit, "Boogie Chillun." Other songs such as "I'm In the Mood," "Crawling King read more...
Southern Musicians Infiltrate California Desert
1/11/07 On May 5-6 an abundance of southern musicians will perform at the inaugural Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. The festival takes place at the empire Polo Field; tickets go on sale January 20. Some of the long list of performers include Willie Nelson, read more...
...An Early New Year Update & Insight...
...Welcome to the year 2007... In this new age of technology it seems regional identities become washed away by modernization with a McDonald's, Wal-Mart, or Quik Trip on every street corner across the country. The antiquated division between southern read more...
Steel Guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow Dies
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, renowned for his unique pedal steel guitar playing -- most notably with Gram Parsons and The Flying Burrito Brothers -- died on Saturday morning (January 6) from complications brought on by Alzheimer's disease in a nursing facility in Petaluma, read more...
Bye Bye Sonny...Williamson's Final Recordings with Clapton and Page
1/7/06 Born on December 15, 1899, in Glendora Mississippi, Aleck Miller (aka Sonny Boy Williamson) ranks as one America's greatest bluesmen. During his lifetime, Williamson played with Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, Otis Spann, Buddy Guy, Robbie Robertson, Levon read more...
Texas Fiddler Elana James To Release Solo Debut
1/5/07 Recently, Texas fiddler Elana James was asked to join Bob Dylan's band and now she plans to release her solo debut...James Calemine
Del Reeves RIP
Del Reeves, a Grand Ole Opry star who sprinkled his performances with humor and hit No. 1 on the country charts in 1965 with the song "Girl on the Billboard," has died. He was 74. Reeves died Monday, New Year's Day, read more...
A New Aretha Franklin Album Due In Early 2007
1/1/07 "The Queen of Soul', Aretha Franklin, readies her latest CD, Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love. The album is set for release in early 2007 on her own Aretha's Records. Born in Memphis, Franklin grew up in Detroit--where she now resides and the read more...
"Fathead" Newman Performs New Years Eve Show Before Jazz Institution Closes Doors
1/1/07 On New Years Eve, Dallas, Texas, native David "Fathead' Newman performed at Chicago's oldest jazz club, The Jazz Showcase, before the 59 year old club closed its doors. The Jazz Showcase featured artists--among many others--such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie read more...
Tony Joe White Releases "Uncovered" on Swamp Records
1/1/07 On Tony Joe White's latest CD, Uncovered, he renders new versions of "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You", and "Taking the Midnight Train", as well as seven new compositions. Musicians such as Elvis read more...
Hank Williams Site Torn Down
12/28/06 Newsreel... A Hank Williams Tribute Site Torn Down...Plans To Resurrect New Monument Afoot in 2007...James Calemine sundaygazettemail.com/section/Today/2006122032
James Brown RIP
The "Godfather of Soul" dies at age 73 ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and read more...
...Fertile Land of the Underdog...
12/24/06 Dreamer I've been called A dreamer With no future at all Loser They say I won't succeed Refuser To conformity -Eddie Hinton "Dreamer" -A light rain falls on the read more...
Levon Helm Sues & Continues Midnight Ramble...
12/21/06 Levon Helm, the Band's legendary drummer, is suing Cingular for a commercial that uses his song "The Weight" as a soundtrack to a cell phone commercial. Helm's lawyers intend to file papers in the Supreme Court for rumuneration from the read more...
Street Named After Merle Haggard
12/21/06 In Oildale, California, a small town north of Bakersfield, a road will be named after Merle Haggard. County supervisors voted 4-1 to rename a two-mile stretch (7th Standard Road between North Chester Avenue and Highway 99) to Merle Haggard Drive. Fans plan to raise read more...
Chuck Leavell's Werewolves Play Charity In San Francisco...
12/18/06 Famed Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers Band and Eric Clapton keyboardist, Chuck Leavell performs on January 18, 2007 at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco to raise money for Bay Area music programs. The benefit is called "Groove Is In The Heart". Van read more...
Dispatch From The Front Lines...Winds of Change...Holiday Greetings From Swampland...
12/15/06 The mission statement expresses our intention while these "Dispatches" will give you a glimpse behind the scenes...current & upcoming events...as well as observations, and random thoughts. We're really just getting started here at Swampland. For every read more...
Swampland Flag Flies Half Mast For Ahmet Ertegun...Doc Watson Visits Hotlanta
12/15/06 Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun died December 14, 2006 in Manhattan at 83. Ertegun guided the careers of musical legends such as John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Big Joe Turner, King Curtis, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. Ertegun fell read more...
Dr. John's Ongoing Voodoo...Tom Petty's Big Highway Companion Weekend on Radio...
12/14/06 The Tom Petty Highway Companion Big Weekend takes place on December 15-17 at 10AET on XM 200. The station will also broadcast rare live Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performances. Petty also hosts a show called Buried Treasure on XM Satellite Radio set read more...
Porter Wagoner Signs New Deal, Marty Stuart to Produce
Los Angeles based Anti Records announces the signing of Country Music Hall of Famer, Porter Wagoner in celebration of his 50th year with The Grand Ole Opry in 2007. The project entitled “Wagonmaster” will be produced by Marty Stuart and is the first in a series read more...
Lucinda's Latest
12/10/06 Lucinda Williams' new CD, West, hits the street on February 13, 2007 on Lost Highway. West, Lucinda's eighth CD, resonates an enduring collection of songs which may be among her finest. We anticipate her return. JC
Robinson & Dickinson Collaborate
12/10/06 Rich Robinson (Black Crowes) and Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars) will perform as Circle Sound on Friday January 19, 2007, at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. Black Crowes bassist Sven Pippien and Robinson solo project drummer Bill Dobrow serve as the read more...
Music Reel - Black Crowes, Music Maker, Warren Haynes, and Daniel Hutchens
The Black Crowes completed the final leg of their rockin' fall tour--considering two key members (guitarist Marc Ford and keyboardist Ed Harsch) departed--in November as well as Chris Robinson's unfortunate matrimony tabloid exposure. The Crowes recently released The Lost read more...
SWAMPLAND MISSION STATEMENT
Greetings Friends, Allow me to introduce Swampland’s mission…This electric crusade operates at a mystical reservoir where music, literature, film, food, photography, art, sports, current events, and other indelible southern cultural read more...